There are a number of mysteries associated with Parshas Shekolim. However, unraveling at least some of them can help us understand some of our own puzzles, especially at this time in our history ... Why specifically the machatzis hashekel? ... Tosafos (ibid ... .
Since then, these dangerous and violent criminals have been preying on members of the public with impunity in the “blue” cities and states where liberal Democrat elected officials refuse to enforce basic criminal laws ... ... ... Wade decision ... .
Hospitals should prioritize protection of trauma and emergency surgery rooms, a former defense official tells JNS.The post After over 27,000 projectiles, Israeli authorities seek to improve protection gaps appeared first on JNS.org ... .
Some poskim argue whether such a being could be counted in a minyan (see Chacham Tzvi 93 and his son Rav YaakovEmden’s She’ailas Yaavetz 2.82), but none believe that these temporary artificial ...
In a last ditch diplomatic effort to head off another armed confrontation between the United States and Iran, just eight months after the U.S ... The goal of the meeting in Istanbul was to head off another war between the U.S ... attack on Iran ... in Istanbul ... .
If the public shrugs off the submarine commission and there is no demand for accountability, why should anyone expect a future commission of inquiry into October 7 to lead to real change? ....
The return of Gvili’s body to Israel for burial with full military honors this week put an end to the most excruciating chapter in the history of the Jewish people since the end of World War II... I will never forget the look in his eyes ... ... ... The U.S ... ... .
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach added that we learn this from Yaakov Avinu’s travails as well. When Yosef Hatzaddik disappeared, Yaakov thought that he was dead, but vayema’ein lehisnachem — he was inconsolable.